As a foreign language teacher, I am always looking for innovative ways to allow my students to demonstrate what they have learned.I want students to be able to choose a tool that brings out their creative side and, as a result, leads to a more authentic and meaningful learning experience.Because learning a language can be difficult, I try to design a variety of activities and projects that will provide students with practice and unique opportunities to develop their language skills through the creation of their projects.

Arrange your saved items into stunning collections called wakes. Wakes can be public or private and created on any topic - share a passion, promote your business, or gather research. You can also make your wakes personal by adding notes, reordering items, changing layouts and much more.

Loving this concept to create pictures with information, such a great Tool for students and Teachers alike. Although keeping it simple is key here, there is such a thing as looking at the picture and all the colours and not reading any of the information.

4 Tools for Arts Integration are very essential.The vital opportunities to make deep connections to the content through their own projects.This tools are reallly helpfull for all.How to Stay Positive in Challenging Times

Louise Robinson-Lay's insight:

The Arts have a huge role to play in connecting content with learning.

“ Screencasts are typically short video recordings of what is taking place on the screen of a computer or mobile device. They provide students with a dynamic way to make thinking visible, as they can demonstrate what they know through a variety of modalities such as drawing, typing, voice narration, and video. However, what is sometimes overlooked is the power of the screencast in the hands of teachers. As the new school year begins, consider these three ways to utilize screencasting to facilitate communication and foster a stronger home-school connection.”
Via John Evans

Louise Robinson-Lay's insight:

Screen casting is a great way to share ideas. They can make useful PD learning.

A professor at the University of Washington (UW) wants to catch 'em all, but he isn't content with just collecting hundreds of Pokemon. His ambitions are a little loftier, aiming to collect and scan all 25,000 known species of fish, to create 3D models of their skeletons which can then be freely downloaded, 3D-printed and studied. Real fish specimens can be difficult and costly to come by, so, much like Massey University's 3D printable cane toad skeletons, UW professor Adam Summers is trying to make it easier for students, scientists and hobbyists to study fish.

“ As teachers get more creative about differentiating for student needs, we’re turning to tools that use other approaches than writing a report or creating a class play. One I hear more and mor…”
Via Inna Piankovska, Juergen Wagner

Louise Robinson-Lay's insight:

I have been listening to a lot of podcasts lately as my journey to work is about an hour long. It's great, I get to listen to stories, history, documentaries, interviews, news and more. I came across this article which explained how to use them in class and realised that this was something I had not yet really done much with. I have certainly recommended listening but not yet had students create their own. Next on the agenda....

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